Flytec Software update for GPS system date rollover

In the night from 6 to 7 April 2019, the GPS system will experience a so-called date rollover. This means that devices which obtain their date information from the GPS module will then return to 21 August 1999. That is, unless the GPS module manufacturer has taken appropriate precautions (which usually pushes the rollover a few years into the future), or the software on the device knows how to handle the situation. Positioning and navigation are not affected in any way, it is really only about the date, which is written into the IGC files in the case of varios, for example.

Flytec/Bräuniger have used many different GPS modules over the years. One of them, the Fastrax IT321, is affected by the date rollover in April. But also most others will “jump back” in the course of the next 6 years. Therefore we have produced new software versions that make these vario classics immune to all such rollovers, at least until 2038.